politics -

Q&A with UNC pastor Alex Stayer-Brewington

By Sophia Wilhelm | June 27

Alex Stayer-Brewington, a Presbyterian hospital chaplain and former pastor at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, is a liberal ...

NC struggles with gerrymandering

By Rachel Jones and Rebecca Ayers | June 27

The makeup of the NC General Assembly is a bit odd on the surface given North Carolina is considered by many to be a swing state. But from a historical ...

Editorial: Charlotte Pride should keep it political

By Editoiral Board | June 13

This month, the organizers of Charlotte Pride, which will take place in August, have denied the request of a group called Gays for Trump to march in their ...

UNC state libraries awarded federal grants

By Tallman Boyd | June 8

Kristin Cooper, the first lady of NC, announced Thursday morning that the Chapel Hill Public Library and UNC were Library Services and Technology Act ...

Steins address opioid epidemic in NC

By Rebecca Ayers | June 7

NC Attorney General Joshua Stein addressed the opioid epidemic in North Carolina at Wednesday's North Carolina Local Health Director’s Conference, held ...

Common Cause N.C. held a public hearing on June 5 to raise awareness of a bill that would create a nonpartisan redistricting commission.

Supreme Court affirms gerrymandering ruling

By Natalie Short | June 6

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that found North Carolina’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered in 2011. ...

Department of Education proposes student loan monopoly

By Charlotte Harris | June 5

The Department of Education published a proposal stating they will select one servicing company to collect all student debts on May 19.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14, 2017.

Trump will withdraw U.S. from Paris Climate Accord

By Rebecca Ayers | June 3

President Donald Trump announced yesterday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, an international agreement to combat climate ...

NC House preserves law school funding

By Rebecca Ayers | June 3

The NC House of Representatives took out a spending proposed by the Senate cut to slash UNC’s Law School’s funding by 30 percent. However, the North ...

Supreme Court Struck Down NC Voter ID Law Appeal

By Natalie Short | May 17

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied N.C. Republican legislators' appeal to review the 2013 voter ID law. The ruling the lower court made last summer, ...

Little time spent on sex ed in NC classes

By Celia McRae | May 16

North Carolina is one of just 18 states that require public schools to teach information about contraception — and one of only 13 states that require ...

Board of Aldermen supports "Raise the Age" legislation

By Rebecca Ayers | May 12

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen proposed a resolution for the North Carolina General Assembly in support of a bill to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction ...

New bill would prevent disruptions of free speech on campus

By Bailey Aldridge | April 28

If a new bill passes in the N.C. General Assembly, public universities could be required to impose sanctions on protestors who disrupt events or prevent ...

Public school children protest passing the HB13 bill during a protest in Raleigh on April 19.

State Senate passes class size compromise bill

By Bailey Aldridge | April 27

The N.C. Senate passed a compromise Tuesday to extend the deadline for schools to meet new class size requirements until fall 2018 — a year later than ...

The state of North Carolina and Bob Hall have been investigating former governor Pat McCrory's claims of voter fraud and have found the false charges of fraud were harmful to voters.

Voter fraud report calls for McCrory investigation

By Charlotte Harris | April 26

After months of investigation, Democracy NC filed a report saying Pat McCrory’s campaign and the N.C. GOP falsely charged hundreds of voters with fraud ...

Bunn's Barbecue is a local landmark in Windsor that has been open for 78 years. The building was formerly a doctor's office during the American Civil War. Bunn's has been flooded nine times since 1999 and continues to rebuild in the same historic spot because of the importance of the restaurant to the community. Bunn's plans to reopen in two weeks.

Poverty affects state's rural counties at higher rate than urban counties

By Lauren Kent | April 26

For the state of North Carolina, poverty lives in rolling hills.

Restrictive housing prevalent in N.C. prisons

By Olivia Slagle | April 21

Almost 8 percent of the prison population in North Carolina was in restrictive housing at the time of a study conducted by the N.C. Department of Public ...

Khzir Khan, father of a Muslim American soldier and speaker at the Democratic National Convention spoke at Duke University Thursday about his experience in the election cycle.

Khizr Khan visits Duke's campus

By Bailey Aldridge | April 21

Inclusive globalism and a strong faith in personal values provided by equal protection and equal liberty — this is what Khizr Khan encouraged at a lecture ...

Gov. Roy Cooper will select a new State Board of Elections, which will consist of three Democrats and Two Republicans.

Looking back on Cooper's first 100 days in office

By Paige Colpo | April 21

Between controversial HB2 and budget negotiations, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper rounded out his first 100 days in office April 10.

North Carolina is only remaining state to try all 16- and 17-year-olds as adults

By Caroline Metzler | April 20

North Carolina is the only state still treating all 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system after the passage of Raise the Age legislation ...